The People’s Choice Award
Almost 60,000 images were entered into Wildlife Photographer of the Year last year, but our judges can only award 100 winners.
Each year we choose an additional 25 photographs, from which we ask the public to select the recipient of the People’s Choice Award.
Here are the top five images voted for by the public in this year's People’s Choice Award.
You can see these five images and the past winners of the People's Choice Award in the gallery.
“There is a darker side to this image. I live in rural Dorset where I’m on a rewilding mission to enhance habitats for a huge array of wildlife. The badger cull – which is still ongoing – has decimated their numbers and I fear that unless the cull is stopped, we’ll only see badgers in urban settings in several parts of England. My hope is for this image to raise awareness of the damaging effect of the badger cull and help push for change.” – Ian Wood, winner of this year’s People’s Choice Award.